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Twist. he was asking to reiterate something was a federal disaster area. 7th grader andys mother declared his bedroom was a federal disaster area. at one point or another, who hasnt? and smith up on the implications, wrote a letter to request federal funds to herm clean up his room and the kind of huts spa that earned a reply from the president. we found it typed up in the book, "reagan, a life and letters" he puts through a few procedural problems with his request but not why ultimately he turn...

Letters" he puts through a few procedural problems with his request but not why ultimately he turned him down. this administration says things that could be done better by people at the local level is volunteerism. your situation is a natural. im sure your mother was reasonable to declare your room a natural disaster and you can launch another volunteer program to g along with the more than 3,000 already under way in our nation. congratulations. give my best regards to your mother. any letter th...

He turned him down. this administration says things that could be done better by people at the local level is volunteerism. your situation is a natural. im sure your mother was reasonable to declare your room a natural disaster and you kcan launch another volunteer program to g along with the more than 3,000 already under way in our nation. congratulations. give my best regards to your mother. any letter that is not a form letter is awesome. but a letter that defines his presidency and do it wit...

Abcs george stephanopoulos, the mother says her son felt that he didnt have the power to resist sexual advances. the mothers voice is altered in this, and she has asked us not to show her face. >> i had said, you know, maybe we should have, you know, come to this conclusion earlier. you should have told me. and he was like, well, i -- you know, he said, i didnt know what to do, i just didnt know what to do. and you just cant tell jerry no. >> he felt stuck. he was just a little kid. >> yeah. >> ...

Megyn: fox news alert. moments ago lindsay lohan arrived at a los angeles court to learn whether she will be sent to jail for failing to comply with court-ordered community service requirements. the judge will decide if the 25-year-old actress should serve time behind bars for violating her probation after shy was kicked out of the volunteer program at the downtown womens center in los angeles. as the news happens we will bring it to you here. texas governor rick perry facing some serious accusa...

Back now live on msnbc and all week long, the second annual education nation summit has been taking place here at 30 rock in new york city. today we wanted to turn our focus to a new school based volunteer program. this one comes from chicago where educators are giving students the kind of personal attention that one might have only received from a doctor in the good old days, as they were. were talking about house calls. those who get them say its having an a-plus effect. take a listen. >> this...

Duncan and a panel discussion of skills needed for todays students for tomorrows economy. tune to watch live at 8:00 p.m. now in our "education nation" report we are looking at simple volunteer program that is only takes one hour each month and having a huge impact on school kids. we have this story for you. >> but maybe you could loan me a cup of sugar. >> reporter: a talk show host, a community leader and a chicago firefighter. three men putting their day jobs aside for students at nicholson...

Problem with kids they ought to deal with the problem with the kids in school. i dont think race should be a consideration. >> not all of the students are failing. they are implementing this program to see -- they already have success rates going on now this started the middle of december. the parents -- [ talking over each other ] >> i havent read anything about students complaining. this is a volunteer program. >> you never read about students complaining about segregation. because segregation...

Problem with kids they ought to deal with the problem with the kids in school. i dont think race should be a consideration. >> not all of the students are failing. they are implementing this program to see -- they already have success rates going on now this started the middle of december. the parents -- [ talking over each other ] >> i havent read anything about students complaining. this is a volunteer program. >> you never read about students complaining about segregation. because segregation...

>> okay, okay. >> but last month, thank you, but last month alone, we had 322,000 foreclosures. since the beginning of this year, weve had already more than 1.6 million new foreclosures on route to 3 million this year. clearly that program is not up to par. >> were looking at modifications happening in the neighborhood of 10% of the foreclosures that we have. >> exactly. >> so what should the president be doing? what should congress be doing if the current program thats in place to do these work...